【讲西班牙语的加菲猫】第117期

 

alcanzar

article & verb transitive

1. To catch up with.

2. To overtake, to come up, to reach, to carry far.

3. To reach a thing, to extend the hand to take it.

4. To acquire, to obtain, to posess power of obtaining a thing desired.

5. To comprehend.

6. To be creditor of a balance.

7. To know a long while.

 

La bala le alcanzó en el pecho -> the bullet hit him in his chest

 

verb neuter

8. To share. (n)

9. To suffice. (n)

10. To reach: applied to a ball. (n)

11. Alcanzar en días, to survive. (n)

verb reflexive

12. To overreach.

 

Alcanzársele poco a alguno -> to prevail upon any one

Alcanzar a ver -> to descry

No alcanzar con mucho -> to fall short

 

asesino, -a

adjective

1. murderous (también figurative)

masculine or feminine noun

2. murderer, (f) murderess (de persona); assassin (de rey, jefe de Estado)

 

asesino, -a profesional -> professional killer

asesino, -a en serie -> serial killer

asesino, -a a sueldo -> contract killer